Dear MICHAEL DOLINSKY: Here's your report on news around the IEEE, from the editors of The Institute. The most current version of The Institute can always be found at ________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. President's Column: A Ruling in Our Favor 2. Question the Candidates 3. Marketplace of Ideas: Undergrad Numbers Fall 4. Digital Library Offers Shorter Subscriptions 5. Member Profile: In a Family of Fellows 6. Conference Spotlights Sister Technologies 7. 2003 Neural Networks Conference Papers Go on Sale Subscription info and member number are at the end of the e-mail. Complete URLs are contained between the < > symbols. ________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Free APC Webcast. Is it impossible to attain a highly available, flexible, lower-cost IT installation? What's really behind all this talk of new strategies that leave traditional methods to data center design in the dust? Click here and view now. _______________________________________________________ 1. President's Column: A Ruling in Our Favor In early April, the IEEE received good news. The Office of Foreign Assets Control at the U.S. Department of the Treasury ruled that the peer review, editing, and publication of manuscripts submitted to the IEEE by authors in U.S.-embargoed countries, including Cuba, Iran, Libya, and Sudan, can be conducted free of U.S. government restrictions. Read what President Arthur Winston had to say about the ruling at 2. Question the Candidates The IEEE Philadelphia Section will host a debate among candidates for IEEE President-Elect on 22 June in Philadelphia, USA. Make your voice heard. Submit questions to The Institute's editor that you would like her to ask Michael Lightner, James Tien, and Levent Onural. Time will not allow her to ask every question, but she will select a representative sample. Send them to 3. Marketplace of Ideas: Undergrad Numbers Fall The Computing Research Association's annual survey of more than 200 universities in the United States and Canada showed that the number of undergraduates enrolled in computer science and computer engineering was down 23 percent in 2003 from the year before. Why are fewer students choosing these fields for their careers? What can be done to reverse this trend? Weigh in at ________________________________________________________ SPONSOR'S NOTICE: Originally written to answer customer's recurring questions, QuadTech's Testing Guides have become the most requested and downloaded information on QuadTech.com. The Electrical Safety Testing Reference Guide, LCR Measurement Primer and Cable Testing Overview provide detailed information including theory discussions, mathematical terms & equations, measurement techniques, compliance & standard requirements, concrete examples and test setup illustrations. 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